Analyzing site suitability for solid waste disposal through GIS multi-criteria decision making hierarchy process DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17993/3ctecno.2019.specialissue.07 ANALYZING SITE SUITABILITY FOR SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL THROUGH GIS MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING HIERARCHY PROCESS Sikandar Ali Shah Department of Geography, University of Karachi, (Pakistan) E-mail:
[email protected] Prof. Dr. Engr. Sayed Hyder Abbas Musvi Indus University, Karachi, (Pakistan) E-mail:
[email protected] Abeela Tameez Department of Geography, University of Karachi, (Pakistan) Masood Alam Department of Geography, University of Karachi, (Pakistan) Asim Nawaz Department of Geography, University of Karachi, (Pakistan) 65 Analyzing site suitability for solid waste disposal through GIS multi-criteria decision making hierarchy process DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17993/3ctecno.2019.specialissue.07 ABSTRACT Currently the human beings are encircled by multiple types of problems, out of those the environmental degradation issue is one of the major problem which is caused by over population, rapid increase of urbanization and industrialization which result in production of huge quantity of solid wastes. Thus the effectual solid waste management and its disposal arrangements are required. Another major problem being faced globally is to locate an appropriate area for the disposal of hazardous wastes by overcoming main constraints including environmental, economic and political for spotting of a suitable site. In this study our focus is to spot a proper landfill site for the disposal of hazardous wastes for which we have selected industrial (radioactive) wastes of the district of Karachi East as a area for research. This district has wide range of Korangi Industrial Area and small portion of Landhi Industrial Area.